Nellie Takes Her Bow

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Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are a British rock group from Birmingham, England who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones. After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album. more »

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1971

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Who thanked the Lord
For the clothes that she wore and mended

Nellie 
With the big old-fashioned eyes

Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart
Took a bow, Nellie, There´s a different world backstage

I see the flood lights burning, I hear the band play on
Now Nellie takes her bow

She saw she really could not stay, Nellie 
She had a brand new play to play

And so she paints her face and smiles
And she´ll be someone else in a while

Just a lonely girl
Who could not face a broken world

And so she acts on all her dreams
And wishes that´s how it had been

But when the audience is near
It seems as though she doesn't even care

Ah, Nellie just sent me a line
To tell me she was doing fine

She got the lead on Broadway
And now they´re digging her today

And so she turns another page
Living someone´s life upon the stage

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